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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 5, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 23.

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TO CHURCH CLERKS.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS: You have very fine books, nicely prepared, with full directions. There is no excuse if you do not keep them in excellent order. Post up as to your duties, and then be sure to perform them promptly. Your duties are important; no church can be prospered unless they are faithfully performed. See that every item of business done by the church is properly entered upon your book. Do not scratch up your book, nor blot or blur it. Put no pencil marks in it; and be careful to write in a neat, plain hand. Be on hand at the quarterly meeting, and attend to your duties as directed. If any clerks in the Conference fail to do their duty promptly, the president should request them to resign, and have those put in who will do it.

TO S. S. TREASURERS.

Dear Brethren and Sisters: You have assigned to you one of the most important offices in connection with the church. The cause cannot run long without means, and we are wholly dependent for means upon the S. S. Very much depends upon the treasurer in collecting this. If he properly attends to his business, sees the brethren as often as he should, and calls their attention to it, he will get much more than if he does not. It is your duty to see personally all the Sabbath-keepers in your church, or write to them every quarter. Lay before them kindly and tenderly their duty to assist in the work of God, and then invite them to help.
Go to every Sabbath keeper, whether in the church or out, and present the pledge which is now to be universally adopted on S. S., and invite them to sign it. Be very careful to keep your book neatly. Study it thoroughly. Learn how to keep it properly. At the quarterly meeting, make out a written statement of what each one has paid during the quarter, and read this before the church. Also at the quarterly meeting, send to the State treasurer all the money you have on hand, and at the same time write to the State secretary a statement of how much money you have sent to the State treasurer. If you have nothing to send, write to each of these officers just the same.
D. M. CANRIGHT.